I am running 4 foot Cat6 cables, for my W2 watt meters, and am having no
issues.
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
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ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
On 5/17/23 06:19, Jack Brindle via Elecraft wrote:
A shorter cable would be no problem. I found the stock cables to be too long as
well and fabricated shorter cables for my W2 test setup.
Going the other way, very long cables could be a problem since the sample
voltages could degrade on the path, and there could be RF pickup
to cause issues. There really isn’t anything magic about the cable lengths for
the W2, just don’t use crazy long ones.
Also, even though standard CAT-5, etc cables may be used, the W2 signals are
not arranged to make use of the twisted pairs in the CAT-5 cables.
Signals that share a wire pair could see cross-talk on long runs. This is
certainly not an issue for short cables.
73!
Jack, W6FB
On May 17, 2023, at 1:53 AM, J <jricha...@k8jhr.com> wrote:
Good Day. Does the length of the data cable between the W-2 meter and its
sensor matter? I would like to use substantially shorter cable than came with
the kit. Thanks. K8JHR
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